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JAL Pleads With Employees: No More Alcohol, Even Off-Duty!

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 31, 2018December 31, 2018 6 Comments

Japan Airlines is asking its employees to refrain from alcohol, even off-duty, for at least the rest of the year.

Honor is so important in Japanese culture and the flag carrier of Japan has been disgraced by two embarrassing revelations concerning its employees and alcohol. First, British authorities interdicted an intoxicated pilot attempting to operate a flight to Japan earlier this year. His blood alcohol content (BAC) was 10x over the legal limit! More recently, a FA failed a breathalyzer test on a flight from Tokyo to Honolulu…JAL later found that a bottle of champagne from Premium Economy had not been served to passengers and was missing.

Here’s one thing I immensely respect. In response to the drunk pilot incident, JAL President Yuji Akasaka took a 20% pay cut and Eri Abe, head of the cabin attendants division, took a 10% pay cut for three months. After the FA incident, each man tacked another month on. That “buck stops here” sets the tone for the entire company.

Now JAL is telling its employees to hold off on alcohol, at least until the new year. The Japan Times reports that no alcohol has been served at holiday parties this year. Furthermore, supervisors have been urging employees not to drink, even on their own time. Happy New Year indeed…

CONCLUSION

JAL is one of my favorite airlines in the world and it may well be that the recent incidents point to two bad apples rater than systemic problem. Let’s not forget that JAL has extremely accurate systems to check for BAC after a drunken pilot incident in 2016…that alone could explain why JAL seems to be in the news more. Even so, JAL is taking its reputation and this issue seriously. This makes me even more confident to step onboard a JAL flight.

While telling employees not to drink at all may sound like a draconian reaction, it is a fair guideline to ensure that JAL has no further alcohol-related incidents.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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6 Comments

  1. hbilbao Reply
    December 31, 2018 at 8:24 am

    Hi Matt, this question is a bit off topic but has to do with alcohol and planes. You’ve mentioned a few times that your wife doesn’t drink any alcohol. At the same time, Champagne (and spirits, and so on) is supposedly one of the best perks when flying premium cabins. What premium non-alcoholic beverages is your wife offered, or is it just plain water and OJ?

    • Matthew Reply
      January 1, 2019 at 3:32 am

      Sparkling water, Diet Coke, and coffee only.

  2. Greg Reply
    December 31, 2018 at 8:24 am

    I disagree with your bottom line. If the best that JAL can come up with is to ask their adult employees not to drink at all over the new year’s holiday, that’s a failure of leadership. That’s obviously not going to happen, so the request is just going to be ignored by many employees, diminishing the credibility of management overall.

    • James Reply
      December 31, 2018 at 11:12 pm

      Lol… You obviously didn’t understand japanese (JAL) culture. Furthermore, you imposed your own values based on your narrow minded limited knowledge in judging another company’s policy. It showw how “smart” you are. Happy new year!

      • Matthew Reply
        January 1, 2019 at 3:33 am

        I think JAL culture is self-evident and I explained it accurately. But nice try.

  3. Jason Reply
    January 1, 2019 at 11:52 pm

    Eri Abe is not a man.

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